The Department of Psychology

Angela Grotto

Angela is a candidate for a PhD in I/O Psychology. In 2003 she received her Master of Arts degree in Psychology with a co-concentration in Organizational Behavior and Program Evaluation from Claremont Graduate University. In 2008 she received her Master of Philosophy degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the CUNY Graduate Center.

Angela’s research interests include work-nonwork relationships, diversity in the workplace, voluntary turnover, and employee attitude research. Currently, Dr. Karen Lyness is advising Angela on her dissertation.
She is examining how employees transition between work and nonwork roles in response to unexpected work intrusions in their personal lives, and she is also testing organizational predictors and health outcomes of unplanned role switching.

Angela works at Sirota as a senior consultant, focusing on employee opinion surveys, 360-feedback surveys and exit surveys. Angela is the account manager for several employee survey processes, overseeing survey planning, survey administration, and manager reporting phases. She is heavily involved in survey process design, questionnaire development, report design, data analyses, executive summaries, and manager training. Angela is also involved in research and development at Sirota. She is investigating the importance of managerial support during mergers on employees’ job stress and work-life balance. She is also conducting research on the employee life cycle and recently presented findings on the attitudinal and career event drivers of engagement patterns during employees’ first five years with a company.

Teaching Experience:

Psychology of Life Experiences
Psychology of Women

Presentations:

Andreassi, J. K. & Grotto, A. R. (2010, August). A team level analysis of mergers: The impact of restructuring and managerial support on role stressors and work-life outcomes. In A. Lambert (Chair), Employee Benefits and Support Systems: Exploring Differences Across Populations. Symposium conducted at the 70th annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Montreal, Canada.